On September 30, 2010, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) filed suit against the U.S. Steel Corporation and the United
Steelworkers of America, Local 1557, claiming that U.S. Steel's random alcohol
testing policy, authorized under its collective bargaining agreement with the
union...

The final regulations and
accompanying interpretive guidance implementing the Americans with Disabilities
Act Amendments Act (ADAAA) were issued today by the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission.
As explained
by the EEOC , the ADAAA:
directs the EEOC to revise the portion of its
regulations...

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued
regulations implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act
(referred to as the ADAAA or the Amendments Act), providing further
interpretive guidance for the statutory amendments. One of the central
purposes of the Amendments...

Last week I summarized the new ADA regulations issued by the EEOC;
therefore, I figured this week I would focus on some of the nuances of the
regulations that are worth keeping an eye on.
While it is clear the definition of disability is to be
construed broadly, the EEOC has also provided nine...

On this edition, Ashley Kasarjian of Snell & Wilmer's Phoenix, AZ office, discusses how recent EEOC regulations issued in March 2011 interplay with statutory changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act that became effective in early 2009. She reviews specific areas addressed by the regulations...

The American Bar Association sponsored a webinar this
week on the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was noteworthy for its
inclusion of EEOC commissioners Chai
Feldblum (Democrat) and Victoria
Lipnic (Republican).
I'm usually such a doom-and-gloomer when it comes to the
amended version...

On August 22, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Kroll v. White Lake Ambulance Authority , ___ F.3d ___, Case No. 10-2348, held that requiring an employee to undergo psychological counseling may violate the Americans with Disabilities Act.
The ADA states:
"A covered entity...